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Capitalism portal. Business portal. v. t. e. In economics, capital goods or capital are "those durable produced goods that are in turn used as productive inputs for further production" of goods and services. [1] A typical example is the machinery used in a factory. At the macroeconomic level, "the nation's capital stock includes buildings ...
This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals. Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of its insular areas.
Capital (film), a 2012 French drama. Capital (British TV series), a 2015 adaptation of Lanchester's novel. Capital (Iranian TV series), 2011–2020. Capital TV, a former British rolling-music TV channel. Capital TV (Belarus), a TV channel. CTC (TV station), formerly called Capital Television, Ten Capital and Capital 7.
Tokyo, the capital of Japan, and the most populous metropolitan area in the world. A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's ...
United States Capitol. / 38.88972°N 77.00889°W / 38.88972; -77.00889. The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Capital accumulation forms the basis of capitalism, where economic activity is structured around the accumulation of capital, defined as investment in order to realize a financial profit. [175] In this context, "capital" is defined as money or a financial asset invested for the purpose of making more money (whether in the form of profit, rent ...
Cities portal. v. t. e. This is a list of national capitals, ordered according to population. Capitals of dependent territories and disputed territories are marked in italics. The population statistics given refer only to the official capital area, and do not include the wider metropolitan/urban district.
Capital (architecture) In architecture, the capital (from Latin caput 'head') or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster ). It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface. The capital, projecting on each side as it rises to support the abacus, joins ...